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1
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What is one product, multiple markets?

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one product that hits various different demographics (i.e: harry potter books, frosted flakes cereal)

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What is cannibalization?

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company offers a new product and it only gets bought by your current buyers and doesn’t bring in new customers

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What is multiple products, multiple market segments?

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ford pickup trucks and ford suv’s, gap’s banana republic, gap, and old navy brands

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What is segments of one, mass customization?

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taking a product and making it exactly what you need (nike customization shoes, invisalign)

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What are segmentation variables?

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characteristics of individuals, groups, or organizations used to divide a market into segments

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What are demographic variables?

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genders, teenagers v. senior citizens, income levels

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What are geographic variables?

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east coast v. west coast, urban v. rural, climate

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What are psychographic variables?

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values, lifestyle, individual differences

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What are behavioral variables?

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usage pattern, benefits sought, decision making process

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What is the target market process?

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segmentation, targeting, positioning

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What is positioning?

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the act of designing the company’s offer and image so that it occupies a distinct and valued place in the target customer’s minds

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Why is positioning important?

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What is head to head strategy?

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competing directly with competitors on similar product attributes in the same target market

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What are points of parity?

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attributes that inform the consumer that you are capable of providing something that might work

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What are points of difference?

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what makes your brand unique in a way that matters to the consumers

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What is differentiation strategy?

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strong, favorable, distinctive, and compelling associations that distinguish a brand from the crowd are fundamental to brand success

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What is positioning statement?

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describes the product and the market in which they compete

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What is a product?

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good, service, or idea that satisfies needs

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What is customer value proposition?

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cluster of benefits that an organization promises customers to satisfy their needs

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What are the 3 i’s of characteristics of services?

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intangibility, inconsistency, inventory

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What are convenience products?

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products you can find in many locations that you can buy quick and often

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What are shopping products?

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products that are available in fewer locations which we give more thought and bought less frequently

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What are specialty products?

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you have to hunt for where to buy these products

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What are unsought products?

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products you need but dont realize you need like life insurance

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What is a product item?

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a specific product with a unique brand, size or price

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What is a product line?

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a group of products or services that satisfy a class of needs

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What is a product mix?

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consists of all product lines offered by an organization

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What are the three levels of innovation?

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continuous, dynamically continuous, discontinous

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29
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What is continuous innovation?

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requires no new learning by consumers

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What is an example of continuous innovation?

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new improved shaver

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What is dynamically continuous innovation?

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disrupts consumer’s normal routine but does not require totally new learning

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What is an example of dynamically continuous innovation?

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electric toothbrushes

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What is discontinuous innovation?

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requires new learning and consumption patterns by consumers

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What is an example of discontinuous innovation?

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electric car

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What is the product life cycle?

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introduction, growth, maturity, decline

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What is the growth stage of the PLC?

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the product is accepted and sales rapidly increase

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What is the maturity stage of the PLC?

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sales peak, profit margins narrow

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What is the decline stage of the PLC?

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sales decrease as customer needs change

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What are the types of product adopters?

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innovators, early adopters, early majority, late majority, and laggards

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What is an innovator?

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higher educated, use multiple information sources

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What is an early adopter?

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leaders in social setting; slightly above average education

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What is early majority?

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deliberate; many informal social contacts

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What is late majority?

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skeptical; below average social status

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What are laggards?

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fear of debt; neighbors and friends are information sources

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What is relative advantage?

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degree to which consumers perceive the new product as offering superior benefits

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What is compatibility?

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consistent with existing cultural values, customs, practices, ‘way of doing things’

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What is trailability?

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ease of sampling a new product and its benefits

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What is observability?

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degree to which others can witness the new product and benefits

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What is brand?

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the emotional connection people have with your business or product, and their perception is reality

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What are the elements of brand equity?

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brand name awareness, perceived brand quality, brand associations, and brand loyalty

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What is brand equity?

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the added value a brand name gives to a product beyond the functional benefits provided

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What is individual branding?

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separate brands for each product or product line

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What is another name for individual branding?

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multibranding

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54
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What is an example of multibranding?

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chevrolet, buick, and cadillac are all brands of GM

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What is umbrella branding?

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a single brand for nearly all of a company’s products

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56
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What are other names for umbrella branding?

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family branding or multiproduct branding

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57
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What is an example of umbrella branding?

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kirkland signature

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What is product repositioning?

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change essential aspect of a product, often to increase relevance

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What are brand extensions?

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strategy of using established brand in different context

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What is an example of a brand extension?

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dyson vacuum to dyson fans and hairdryers

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What is the only marketing mix variable that can be changed quickly?

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price

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62
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How do you calculate profit?

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profit = total revenue - total cost

63
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How do you calculate profit when you don’t have total revenue?

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profit = (price x quantity sold) - total costs

64
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What is price?

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the assignment of value, or the amount the consumer must exchange to receive the offering

65
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What is the relationship between price and demand?

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there is an inverse relationship

66
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What is inelastic demand?

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a change in price results in a little or no change in quantity demanded

67
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What is elastic demand?

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a change in price causes a great (opposite) change in quantity demanded

68
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What are fixed costs?

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don’t change with the number of units produced

69
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What happens with average fixed cost per unit?

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it will always decrease as the number of units produced increases

70
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What is variable costs?

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those production costs that are tied to the number of units produced and thus vary depending on volume

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What are examples of variable costs?

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raw materials, credit card fees, sales comissions

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What are examples of fixed costs?

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rent, mortgage payment, insurance

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What is break-even point?

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the point at which the costs of producing a product equal the revenue made from selling the product

74
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What is contribution margin?

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difference between total revenue and total variable costs

75
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How do you calculate contribution unit margin?

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price - variable costs

76
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What is cost based pricing?

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calculate price based on company’s costs

77
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What is competitive based pricing?

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benchmarking on competitor’s prices

78
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What is demand based pricing?

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setting a price based on what consumers are willing to pay

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What is an example of demand based pricing?

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ubers, lyfts, hotels

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What happens in the last stage of the product life cycle?

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competitors start to leave the market

81
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What are the 4 P’s?

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product, price, place, promotion

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What are the 4 C’s?

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customer solution, customer cost, convenience, communication

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How do we calculate value?

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value = customer benefits - customer costs

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What are three things we must do before differentiating?

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signal to consumer the goal they can expect to achieve by using your brand, leveraging your points of parity, and making your points of difference compelling

85
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What are points of parity?

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consumers must perceive your product to be a legitimate and credible player in the frame

86
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What is an example of a direct channel?

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etsy

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What is a channel structure?

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flow of goods and services from manufacturer to target customer

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What is a direct channel?

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from company to customer; manufacturer and end customer interact directly with no intermediaries

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What is an indirect channel?

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company retailer customer or company wholesaler retailer customer

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What are hybrid channels?

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a company that has a storefront but also. sells through different retailers like apple

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What is an advantage of a direct channel?

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greater control over environment in which offering is delivered

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What is a disadvantage of a direct channel?

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takes time to establish and difficult to establish same breadth

93
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What are some advantage of indirect channels?

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rapid distribution and breadth

94
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What are some disadvantages of indirect channels?

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loss of control over selling environment and brand associations

95
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What is a product’s value-chain?

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efficiently getting the product, in good condition to where, it is convenient for the consumer to buy it, and in a setting that is consistent with the brand’s image

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What is full vertical integration?

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a firm takes over control from production to customer facing portion

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What is forward vertical integration?

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manufacturers gain ownership over the intermediary at the next level down

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What is backward vertical integration?

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retailers might own the manufacturing operation ex: mcdonalds buying farms

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What is intensive distribution?

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placing products in many outlets; convenience products

100
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What is exclusive distribution?

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placing the product in very few outlets; shopping products

101
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What is selective distribution?

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somewhere between the other two; specialty products

102
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What are slotting allowances?

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fees that are paid by the manufacturer to the retailer to get space in store

103
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What is the marketing mix?

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product, price, promotion, placement

104
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What are brick and mortar stores?

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a physical place

105
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What is self service?

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customers perform many of the functions during the purchase process

106
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What is limited service?

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customers responsible for most shopping activities but salespeople are available for help in some departments

107
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What is full service?

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specialty stores and department stores; wanting to make the customer’s life as easy as possible

108
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What are atmospherics?

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project a functional and psychological picture that appeals to the target market

109
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What needs to happen in the maturity stage?

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maintain loyalty

110
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What is a promotional activity to inform?

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advertising, publicity, free samples

111
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What is coherence?

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a consistent and compelling message can help significantly in creating a consistent and compelling position for the brand

112
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What is a promotional activity to persuade?

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personal selling to intermediares

113
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What do you do when you find something that works?

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stick with it

114
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What is the promotional mix?

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advertising, selling, direct marketing, sales promotions, public relations

115
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What is push strategy?

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manufacturer incentivizes retailer who incentivizes customers to buy

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What is pull strategy?

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manufacturer are mainly directed to consumers who will then try to get their retailers to carry it

117
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What is pioneering advertising?

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used during introductory stage of PLC(informational)

118
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What is competitive advertising?

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promotes a specific brand’s features and benefits

119
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What is comparative advertising?

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a subset of competitive, shows one brand’s strengths relative to those of the competition(need data to support)

120
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What is reminder advertising?

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emphasize previous knowledge of the product

121
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What is reinforcement advertising?

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a subset of reminder; assure current users they made the right choice

122
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What is advocacy advertising?

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state the position of a company on an issue

123
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What is SMART?

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specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, timeline

124
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Why are strategy and execution equally important?

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a great strategy with poor execution will fail, as will a greater execution of a poor strategy

125
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What is personal selling?

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direct interaction between a company representative and a customer, two-way flow of information

126
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What are advantages of personal selling?

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immediate feedback, quite persuasive

127
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What are disadvantages of personal selling?

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expensive per exposure, messages may differ

128
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What is B2C?

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business to consumer

129
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What are inside sales?

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from a desk, personalized

130
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What are some examples of personal sellers?

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barbers, dentists, attorneys, realtors

131
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What are outside sales?

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sales reps visiting locations, personalized, selling products into retail stores

132
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What are order takers?

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sales person who collects orders but does not attempt to find new customers or persuade existing customers to increase the size or frequency of their orders

133
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What are order getters?

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sales person who increases the firm’s sales revenue by acquiring orders from new and existing customers

134
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What is presentation?

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begin converting a prospect into a customer by creating a desire for the good or service

135
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What is close?

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obtain a purchase commitment from the prospect and create a customer

136
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What is a stimulus-response presentation?

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given the appropriate stimulus, the customer will buy

137
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What is another word for stimulus-response presentation?

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suggestive selling

138
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What is formula-selling presentation?

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information must be provided in step-by-step, thorough, accurate manner

139
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What is need-satisfaction presentation?

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probing and listening, identifying needs/interests

140
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What does it mean to acknowledge and convert?

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acknowledge and turn to a positive - “yes, and this is why…”

141
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What does it mean to postpone?

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don’t answer immediately but remember to get back

142
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What does it mean to agree and neutralize?

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explain why it isnt a problem

143
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What does it mean to accept the objection?

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learn from them - “thanks for pointing that out to me”

144
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What is denial?

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to prevent misinformation

145
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What does it mean to ignore the objection?

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meant as a stalling technique

146
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What is crowdsourcing?

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generating insights leading to actions based on ideas from massive numbers of people

147
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What is an example of crowd sourcing?

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create the next oreo flavor!

148
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What is crowdfunding?

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gathering an online community of supporters to financially ally around a specific project unlikely to get resources from traditional funding

149
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What is user-generated content?

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created by consumers instead of the brand

150
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Who do consumers tend to trust?

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their friends over corporations

151
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What is social marketing?

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a process that uses marketing principles and techniques to influence a target audience behaviors that will benefit society in addition to the individual

152
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What is an example of social marketing?

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australian train company - “dumb ways to die”

153
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What is social marketing used for?

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enhancing financial wellbeing, protecting the environment, improving public health, etc.

154
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What are the behaviors that social marketing are working against?

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“fun” behavior

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